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<code>dbconfig-common</code> documentation
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<h2 id="abstract">Abstract</h2>
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<code>dbconfig-common</code> is an implementation of the "best practices
for database applications" draft, which provides debian packagers with an
easy, reliable, and consistent method for managing databases used by debian
packages.
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Copyright © 2005 sean finney <code><a href="mailto:seanius@debian.org">mailto:seanius@debian.org</a></code> and 2015 Paul Gevers <code><a href="mailto:elbrus@debian.org">mailto:elbrus@debian.org</a></code>.
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This document is licensed under the <code><a
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<li><a href="ch-intro.html">1 Introduction</a><li><a href="ch-tryitout.html">2 Try it out!</a><li><a href="ch-develguide.html">3 Using <code>dbconfig-common</code> in your packages</a>
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<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-quickndirty">3.1 Quick and dirty: what to do</a>
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<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-depends">3.1.1 Update package dependencies</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-hooks">3.1.2 Putting hooks into the maintainer scripts</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-bootstrap">3.1.3 Supplying the data/code for your database</a>
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<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-advanced">3.2 Advanced usage.</a>
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<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-genconfig">3.2.1 Generating custom configuration files with database information</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-import">3.2.2 Importing <code>dbconfig-common</code> into an existing package</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-updates">3.2.3 Database changes in new versions of your package</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-multidbtype">3.2.4 Packages that support multiple types of databases</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-frontends">3.2.5 Packages that connect to but should not create databases (read-only frontends)</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-removal">3.2.6 Packages that require extra logic during removal</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-defaults">3.2.7 Hinting defaults and advanced control of configuration/installation</a></li>
<li><a href="ch-develguide.html#s-debugging">3.2.8 Debugging problems with <code>dbconfig-common</code></a>
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<li><a href="ch-moreinfo.html">4 More Information (and how to help)</a></li>
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